[ Andrew ]Andrew Yang for President

Yang Gang --

Thank you for your incredible support these past months.  You all have
uplifted me and inspired me and Evelyn and this campaign at every turn. 
Your passion and energy.  Your donations and hundreds of thousands of
hours of calling and volunteering.  Your enthusiasm, dedication and
commitment.

We have accomplished so much together.  We have brought a message of
Humanity First and a vision of an economy and society that works for us
and our families to millions of our fellow Americans.

We went from a mailing list that started with just my Gmail contact list
to receiving donations from over 430,000 people and support from millions
more across the country.

One of the things I’m most proud of -- we gave $1,000 a month for a year
to 13 families across the country.

We highlighted the real problems in our communities as our economy is
being transformed before our eyes by technology and automation.  We stood
on the debate stage and shifted our national conversation to include the
fourth industrial revolution, a topic no one wanted to touch.

Our signature proposal, Universal Basic Income, has become part of the
mainstream conversation.  We increased the popular support for Universal
Basic Income to 66% of Democrats and 72% among voters 18-34.

And without a doubt, we accelerated the eradication of poverty in our
society by years, perhaps even generations,

And that is thanks to all of YOU!

Though thousands of voters came out for our campaign tonight in New
Hampshire, it is not the outcome we fought so hard for.  It is bitterly
disappointing for many of us.

But it should not be.

Every single day I’ve had supporters say to me:

“Your campaign helped me out of a depression.  Thank you.”

“Working on this campaign has made me a better human being.”

“I met my significant other because of you.”

“Your campaign brought my family together.  Your campaign got me excited
about politics for the first time.”

These are all things that people have said to me in the past days.  I’m
incredibly proud of this campaign.  We have touched and improved millions
of lives and moved this country we love so much in the right direction.

And while there is great work left to be done, I am the MATH guy.  And it
is clear tonight from the numbers that we are not going to win this race. 
I am not someone who wants to accept donations and support in a race that
we will not win.

And so tonight, I am suspending my campaign for president.

This is not an easy decision.  Endings are hard and I’ve always intended
to stay in this race until the very end.  But I have been convinced that
the message of this campaign will not be strengthened by my staying in
this race any longer.

Endings are hard.  But this is not an ending.

This is a beginning.

This is the starting line.  This campaign has awakened something
fundamental in this country and ourselves.

We’ve outlasted over a dozen senators, governors, and members of Congress
and become the most exciting force in this entire race.

The Yang Gang has fundamentally shifted the direction of this country and
transformed our politics, and we are only continuing to grow.

My goal when I first started was always to solve the problems that got
Donald Trump elected.  And I know in order to do that, I will support
whoever is the Democratic nominee.  That said, I hope this campaign can be
a message, and word of caution, to all of my Democratic colleagues.

Donald Trump is not the cause of all of our problems.  He is a symptom. 
We must cure the disease that got him elected, and in order to do that we
must address the real problems that affect our people and offer solutions
to actually solve them.

Those solutions are bold, and many think they are crazy.  But I hope my
campaign has made it a little less crazy to think we can lead our country
to eradicate poverty.  In fact, five candidates in this field have already
supported it or expressed openness to supporting Universal Basic Income.

I stand before you today and say that while we did not win this election,
we are just getting started.

This is the beginning.

This movement is the future of American politics.

This movement is the future of the Democratic party.

This wave is just beginning and it will continue to build until we rewrite
the rules of this economy to work for us, the people of this country.

Thank you to each and every person who made this campaign possible, I love
and appreciate you.  Being your candidate has been the privilege of my
life.  We will continue to do the work and move this country forward.

Thank you all.  God bless you.  And God bless the United States of
America.

-Andrew


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